Bell or gong.



PATENTED OUT. 24, 1905.

J. L. FEENBY.

BELL 0R GONG.

APPLIOATION FILED Humo, 1904. Y

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed February 10, 1904. Serial No. 192,965.

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Be itknown that I, JULIET L. Fenner, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bells or Gongs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bells or gongs, and refers particularly to the bell or gong used upon street'or tram cars and operated by the foot of the driver or motorman to give signal of the approach of the car.

The object oi' my invention is the provision of bells or gongs which can be applied to the car at a small cost and which if one becomes cracked or broken by means of the hard usage to which it is subjected will permit the use of either of the bells or gongs instantly as circumstances require or whenever an emergency arises.

With this object in view my invention consists, mainly, in a pair of bells or gongs and mechanism for sounding either of said bells, as desired.

My invention further consists in the combination and arrangement of parts and the novel construction herein shown and described, and deiinedby the claims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of my bells or gongs with parts in position to sound one of the bells; and Fig. 2 represents a similar View with parts in position to sound the other or twin bell. Fig. 3 represents a similar view of a modified construction of my invention, and Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the guide-plate of my invention.

In the drawings the letter A designates a portion of the ioor or platform of the car, which is provided with an opening' of elliptical form B, in which iits the elliptical plate C, formed with the central opening D and the communicating' slits or guides E, and each platform oi' the car at front and rear is provided with the opening and plate. Fitting in said plate is the push-rod F, formed with the 'foot-piece G at its upper end and with the guiding-ears H, and the rod carries near its lower end on one side the lug or arm J, adapted to contact with the inner end oi' either of the bell-striking levers K, which are pivoted near their inner ends at L to the lower ends of the hangers or brackets M, and each carry a striker N.

It will be observed that there are two sets 4of levers, which are operated by a single pressrod, and that the rod can be adjusted to operate either of the striking-levers, and I provide for each striker a bell or gong O, which is suspended from the hanger or rod I.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 3 the press-rod is a plain smooth rod, and a plate Q is provided, which has two openings R to enable the rod to be placed in either opening'.

.I t will be seen that I provide a twin or double bell and mechanism, and that the construction is simple, durable. and inexpensive, and that either oi' the bells can be used, and that the danger oi' cracking the bell is eliminated,and even should one bell become cracked the other can be instantly placed in service.

I claim-- I. In combination with :rear-platform, two or more bells mounted thereon, two or more strikers for said bells, asingle interchangeable mechanism for striking any of the said bells, means for securing the striking' mechanism in its proper guided position to insure striking the desired bell, said means consisting oi' a plate formed with an opening to receive the rod and having slots or recesses to receive a guiding and retaining plate on said rod, and a guiding and retaining' plate.

2. A signal bell or gong consisting of two or more bells or gongs, two or more strikers for said bells or gongs, a single press-rod having an arm to engage any or' the strikers of said bells to sound any of the bells, means for securing the striking mechanism in its proper guided position to insure striking the desired bell, said means consisting of a plate formed with an opening to receive the rod and having' slots or recesses to receive a guiding and retaining' plate on said rod and a guiding and retaining plate.

3. In combination with a car-platform, a pair of depending brackets or hangers, a bell mounted on each hanger, a pair of brackets arranged between said bells, a pair oi' striking-levers pivoted in said brackets and having the strikers at their outer ends, a footlever having' an arm adapted to strike the inner end of either of said levers, and means for guiding' and retaining said rod in proper relation with reference to said levers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIET L. FEENEY.

Witnesses:

MARGARET M. FEENEY, MICHAEL B. FEENEY.

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